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  Profit efficiency of smallholder rubber farmers in Kegalle, Kalutara and Ratnapura districts

  Jagath Edirisinghe, Wasana Wijesuriya, C. Bogahawatte

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  27 Dec 2010

  90 : 64-77
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  Local knowledge in rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) farming systems in Sri Lanka: applications and constraints

  A. M. W. K. Senevirathna, P. D. Pathirana, V. H. L. Rodrigo, F. L. Sinclair

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  27 Dec 2010

  90 : 31-48
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  Litter accumulation from Mucuna bracteata cover crop and its effects on some soil chemical properties in rubber plantations

  Surani Chathurika, Lalani Samarappuli, Ranjith B. Mapa

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  27 Dec 2010

  90 : 49-57
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  High density banana/rubber intercrops have no negative effects on component crops under the smallholder conditions

  A. M. W. K. Senevirathna, C. M. Stirling, V. H. L. Rodrigo, P. D. Pathirana, P. K. W. Karunathilake

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  27 Dec 2010

  90 : 1-17
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  Feasibility of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg.) cultivation in Eastern province of Sri Lanka with the peasant community

  S. M. M. Iqbal, V. H. L. Rodrigo, P. K. W. Karunathilake

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  27 Dec 2010

  90 : 18-30
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  Susceptibility of different leaf stages of Hevea to Corynespora cassiicola

  T. H. P. S. Fernando, C. K. Jayasinghe, R. L. C. Wijesundera, D. Siriwardena

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  27 Dec 2010

  90 : 58-63
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  Can tapping panel dryness of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) be minimised at field level with better management?

  AMWK Senevirathna, S Wilbert, SAPS Perera, AKHS Wijesinghe

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  20 Apr 2010

  88 : 77-87
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  Some issues related to sustainability in the smallholder rubber sector: a case study of three major rubber growing districts

  Wasana Wijesuriya, DMAP Dissanayake, Keminda Herath, Jagath Edirisinghe, Vidura Abeywardena

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  20 Apr 2010

  88 : 59-76
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  Comparison of yields between budgrafts and mother trees in Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg.

  LSS Pathiratna, Wasana Wijesuriya, P Seneviratne

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  20 Apr 2010

  88 : 47-58
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  Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum J. Pres) intercropped under different inter row spacings of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg.): Performance after rubber reached maturity

  LSS Pathiratna, MKP Perera, CK Balasooriya

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  20 Apr 2010

  88 : 30-46
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  Possibility of treating rubber factory wastewater in biological reactors using media with low specific surface area

  KVVS Kudaligama, WM Thurul, PAJ Yapa

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  20 Apr 2010

  88 : 22-29
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  Adoption of different tapping systems in the rubber industry of Sri Lanka with special reference to low frequency tapping

  VHL Rodrigo

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  20 Apr 2010

  88 : 1-21
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  Effect of competition from rubber (Hevea) on the yield of intercropped medicinal plants, Solanum virginianum Schrad., Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. Ex. Schult and Indigofera tinctoria L.

  LSS Pathiratna, MKP Perera

  19 Apr 2010

  87 : 36-45
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  Variability in defence responses of rubber genotypes against Phytophthora meadii infections

  KE Jayasuriya, RLC Wijesundera

  19 Apr 2010

  87 : 46
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  Nutritional status of rubber growing soils in the Moneragala district

  RS Dharmakeerthi, SN Silva, A Yakandawala, WK Jayasinghe

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  19 Apr 2010

  87 : 23-35
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  Effect of Bio-brush medium: a coir fibre based biomass retainer on treatment efficiency of an anaerobic filter type reactor

  KVVS Kudaligama, WM Thurul, PAJ Yapa

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  19 Apr 2010

  87 : 15-22
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  Analysis of ranking exercises in Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA): a case study from the smallholder rubber sector

  Wasana Wijesuriya, RO Thattil

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  19 Apr 2010

  87 : 7-14
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  Adaptability of recently recommended rubber clones for agro-climatic variability of Sri Lanka

  SP Withanage, DPSTG Attanayake, KBA Karunasekera

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  19 Apr 2010

  87 : 1-6
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  Effect of varied carbon black distribution on the morphology and properties of blends of natural and nitrile rubber

  Dilhara Edirisinghe, PK Freakley

  19 Apr 2010

  86 : 58
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  Agronomic and economic viability of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg.) cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum J Pres.) intercropping systems involving wider inter-row spacing in rubber plantations

  LSS Pathiratna, JC Edirisinghe

  19 Apr 2010

  86 : 46-57
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  Effect of nitrogen and processing chemicals on the treatment efficiency of crepe rubber factory wastewater

  KVVS Kudaligama, WM Thurul, PAJ Yapa

  19 Apr 2010

  86 : 38-45
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  Preference ranking as a participatory tool in identifying farmers' perceptions in planning effgective dissemination programmes

  Wasana Wijesuriya, DMAP Dissanayake, Mahinda Wijeratne, Jagath Edirisinghe, Keminda Herath, Vidura Abeywardene

  19 Apr 2010

  86 : 32-37
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  Privatization of the Plantation Sector in Sri Lanka: financial, economic and some environmental aspects

  Jagath Kularatne, Hiroyuki Takeya

  19 Apr 2010

  86 : 23-31
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  Contour and East-West row planting systems of rubber (Hevea) for intercropping: Part III. Light availability in the inter row space

  LSS Pathiratna, MKP Perera

  19 Apr 2010

  86 : 11-22
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  Contour and East-West row planting systems of rubber (Hevea) for intercropping: Part II. Distribution of fine roots in the inter row space

  LSS Pathiratna, MKP Perera

  19 Apr 2010

  86 : 1-10